Dispensing receptacle for paper bags



1933- w. ECCARDT 1,918,460

DISPENSING RECEPTACLE FOR PAPER BAGS Filed Nov. 4, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mzzzwzzzm di,

ATTORNEY July 18, 1933. w, ECCARDT DISPENSING RECEPTACLE FOR PAPER BAGS Filed Nov, 4, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet M E g w f b b 1 lv qr lu W E 6d 4 0 2 00 3 4 u z 4 2 1 M m 1 o\. g 1 N In r I I l b I IIIID III II 5 5 J j j i I An object of l H a receptacleof the character statedcons1st- Patented July 18, 1933 WILLIAM unc ean-nor ov aml mis e m "j DISBENSTNG nncnr mcnn' non rernn G p Applicationfiled'll'ovcniber l, 1931;- M ne. 3,005.

ing of a case having a platform member pivoted therein and adapted tosup'porta stack of paper bags. Spring means are, pro- 1 vided for holding the platform at an elevated position. Feeding'rolls arefjournalled in the case. and are located in advance ofthe forward end of the stack of bags. The up- 1 permost bag of the stack'i's-adapted'to pass Hover the said feeding rollsand as one bag is withdrawn from the case, means is provided for causing thenext bag in the stack a l to follow the preceding bag. r I

In the accompanying drawings: 1 V v 1 2 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View 1 of the dispensing receptacle. f i I a 1 Figure 2 is a top plan View of the case with the cover removed. i a Figure? is a transverse sectionalviewcut onthe line 33 of Figure 1. v v i v Figure 4 is atransverse sectional view out on the line 44 of -Figure 1.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings: V t The dispensing receptacle consists of a substantially rectangular case 1 provided with an open top and at one end with an outletopening 2 and the open top ist'closed by a removable cover? The partitionwall 4 is located in the case 1 and a platform member 5 is pivotally mounted in the "case.

A spring 6 is connected at one end with the partition wall 4: and at the other end to the i lower end of a depending arm- 5 that is secured to the under surface of the platform member 5. The said spring 1 serves to hold the platform .51 under tension and in a normal horizontal plane. A stack ofbags indily '11 cated at 7 isadapted to rest upon the plat-. l form member 5. A plate 8 is adjustably mounted upon the partition wall 4: and is provided with a slot 9 through which'the screw 10 passes, whereby the said plate 8 i may be'adjusted vertically with relation to the partition wall. The forward end of the case is provided with an opening ll, through f whichia screw driver (not-shownlmay be passed for turnlng thescrew 10 topermit the vertical atlj'ust inent ofthe plate S and for fixinrrthe.platewith'relatioii to the par- 1 tition wall 4. Rollers l2'arrang'ed insp aced relation with respect to each other, aresecured, towaishaft 11 j that is journalled in brackets l2 iived to and rising from the E upperjedge of the plate 8,' and the said roll- I ersare located in. advanceof the forward end of the stack of bags 7. The topflbag upon the stack may pass over the rollers, 12: but the lower bags of the stack are held t;

from forward movement betweenjsJaid-rollersf A roller 13 is arrangedin advance of and overlaps the edges of the rollers 12 by 1 havingits periphery disposed inthe space I between the rollers 12 and the said roller 13 :j Y-

is mountedupon a'shaft 1 1 having its ends journalled in guides; 15-, mounted totheinner v surfaces of tlieisides ofthecase 1 Discs 5 are mount'edat the end portions oftheshaftf 14. The roller 13'anddisc 16ar'e adapted in t to engagethe undergsurfacejof'the top bag 5 v as it moves out of the case through the open-H Y 1 ing 2; ournaled abovetheshaftlgandie movably received ,in bearing brackets I 15, is a shaft 14 :that has centrally secured there toa rollerq13 whichicooperates with the thereto discs 16 that-Tcoojperate vwith the discs 16; The roller 13' and the, discs; 16"

nailed in thef'ree'ends-ofthe'arms 17 The sprocket wheel 19 v is fimounted: upon the shaft 18 and a sprocket wheel 20 is mounted 90 upon the shaft 14. is trained around'the sprocketwheels' 19 and v 20; NVhen theshaft 14' is turned by a bag moving between the rol1ers13 and l3jand discs16 and 16, rotary movement isftransmittedby the said sprocket wheels and chain to the'sha'ft 18 Rollers 22 are fixed to the shaft 18 and are adapted. to engage the 'upper surfaces of the uppermost bag of the stack 7- LSpring arms areattachedto the 9) l i roller 13 andthe shaft 141 has alsofsecured f f i A sprocket chain 21 2O "studs;

connected when it is desired to swlng the 35 tween thediscs and rollers 13' and 13, so that sides of the arms 17 and a guide plate 24: is

carried by the spring arms 23 and bears upon the upper surface of the top bag of the stack. p y

The bags are held in place on the platform 5 by-the weight of the framewhich include the arms 17, shaft 18 and-rollers 22 and spring catches 17- areprovided for holding the arms 17 and their respective rollers from moving upwardly by the action of the plat form. It will be noted that the catches 17 have one of their ends fixed to the arms 17 and arranged in the catches achacent to' the rearor free endsthereof areopenings to receive studs 18 that are formed. onlugs 19 the latter being securedto and extending inwardly from the sides of the 'casel' as best shown in Figure 4. 1 The lugs have their inner ends beveled tothe studs 18 to facilitate the application of the catches, 17" to the" ne catches may be manually disarnis'l'? upwardly. l v

In the use of the device the cover 3 is removed from the case 1 and the shaft 18 is swun to the aositi'on as shown in dotted c i.

lines in higure l or the drawings.

A stack of bags 7 is then placedapon the platform 5 and the shaft 18 is swung down so that the rollers 22 are in' contact with the upper surface of the top bag of the stackQ- The operator then turns thedisc 16 whereby the rollers 13 and 22 are rotated and the top ha of the stack is moved thereb between the guide 24 and the rollers l2'and then be-v the end of the bag passes through the opening 2. The cover 3 is then placed upon the case and when it is desired to'withdraw a nag, that end portionoi the bag which 1s extended through the opening 2 1s grasped and] the is pulled away from the case.

Astheflba oes between the discs-l6 and 16 and't'herollers 13 and 13', the shaft 14% is rotated, whereby the rollers 22 are rotated and as the uppermost leaves the case through the opening 2, the nent bag atthe topof the stack is moved forwardly s v to project through the opening 2.

Having described the invention what is claimed is: i i V i 1. In a dlspenslng device, a case having an has opening, a springpressed platform pivotally mounted in the case to receive articles to be dispensed through the opening, a pair of superimposed shafts journaled in .said case,

rollers and discs secured to said shaftsand the rollers and discs of one shaft cooperating with the rollers and discs of the other shaft to receive thearticles between the same when being dispensed, a frame including a pair of arms having one of their ends piv-- to dispensing position, through 1 the opening. 2. in a dispenslng device, a case havlng.

an open top and an' opening in one end wall thereof, a removable cover for said 1 open top, a spring pressed platform pivotally mounted in said case to receive articles to b di spensed' through the opening id means cludlng rollers to guide the articles to dispensing position, a pair, of superimposed shafts jou-rnaled in said case,'rollers and discs secured to said, shafts and the rollers and discsof one'shaft cooperating with-the rollers and discs of the other shaft 9 to receive the articles between the same when being dispensed, a frame including a pair of arms having one of their ends pivoted, to theupper shaft, a shaft ournaled in the other end of thearms, discs secured to the last-mentioned shaft and en ageable with the uppermost on'e-ofsaid articles to act as a weight for the'articles and for disposing the same 111 dispensing position,

means to rotate the last mentioned shaft from the upper shaftto move the articles to dlspensing positionthrough the opening,

spring means secured to the arms to hold the frame in operative position with the last mentioned discs engagingtheuppermost article, and latching means forthe spring means whereby they canbe 'released to allow the frame to be moved-to an inoperative position. 7 r I i WILLIAM ECGARDT. h 

